A documentary that follows the star of the film "The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith" in a journey across
northern Australia is the first Indigenous documentary to be officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

Gulf of Carpentaria Indigenous leader Murrandoo Yanner has told a community forum in Brisbane that state and
federal governments are dominated by racist politicians who will stop at nothing to wipe out Indigenous affairs in Australia.

A Northern Territory Indigenous leader says Federal Government support for retaining regional representative
bodies has dissolved since the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

The defence for an Aboriginal activist charged with stealing a coat of arms from Old Parliament House in Canberra
has been accused of concocting a stunt in front of jurors after trying to leave court with the same coat of arms.